Doctoral Degree Candidates

Doctor of Education

David T. Armistead, Educational Leadership

ADVISOR: Ian Mette, Director, School of Educational Leadership, Higher Education and Human Development, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership

DISSERTATION: ”What the Hell Just Happened?” A Phenomenological Case Study of Teaching in the COVID Era

Doctor of Philosophy

Oluwafemi Adedeji Alaba, Biological Sciences

ADVISOR: Yongjiang Zhang, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology

DISSERTATION: Nutritional Responses of Wild Blueberries (V. angustifolium) and Soil Microbial Communities to Simulated Climate Warming

Ashish Alex, ♦ Forest Resources

ADVISOR: Anil Raj Kizhakkepurakkal, Assistant Professor of Forest Operations

DISSERTATION:Operational Productivity, Scale of Operations, and Carbon Footprint: Forest Management in the Northeastern U.S.

Nasim Alikhani, Forest Resources

ADVISOR: Ling Li, Assistant Professor of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems

DISSERTATION: CNC/PDMS Composite Membranes for Air Dehydration for the Application of Energy Saving in Wood Drying

Alexander J. Ascher, ♦ Marine Biology

ADVISOR: Richard Wahle, Research Professor of Marine Sciences

DISSERTATION: Ongoing Changes to Larval Recruitment in an Economically Important LargeBodied Crustacean (Homarus Americanus)

Prashanta Barjracharya, Civil Engineering

ADVISOR: Shaleen Jain, Professor and Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

DISSERTATION: On the Application of Dynamical Measures of Hydrologic Response to Prediction and Similarity Assessment in Watersheds

Kendra A. Batchelder, ♦ Interdisciplinary Studies

ADVISOR: Andre Khalil, Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering

DISSERTATION: Longitudinal Study of Digital Mammograms to Quantify Breast Tissue Integrity in Breast Cancer

Parinaz Belalpour Dastjerdi, Civil Engineering

ADVISOR: Eric Landis, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

DISSERTATION: Mechanics and Mechanisms of Fracture for Eastern Spruce Subject to Transverse Loading Using Acoustic Emission

Angelica Raquel Boeve, Psychology

ADVISOR: Rebecca MacAulay, Associate Professor of Psychology

DISSERTATION: As Different as Night and Day? Investigating the Mechanisms Linking Regular Sleep Patterns with Daytime Physical Activity in Older Adults

Allison H. Brehm, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

ADVISOR: Alessio Mortelliti, Research Assistant Professor of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology

DISSERTATION: Ecological Implications of Intraspecific Behavioral Variation in a Small Mammal Community

Cheryl Michelle Breit, Ecology and Environmental Sciences

ADVISOR: Danielle Levesque, Associate Professor of Mammalogy and Mammalian Health

DISSERTATION: Comparative Energetics of Mammalian Thermoregulatory Physiology

Andre Francisco Bucci, Oceanography

ADVISOR: Andrew Thomas, Professor of Oceanography

DISSERTATION: Remotely Sensed Assessment of the Preferred Habitats of Alexandrium Catenella in the Gulf of Maine and the Bay of Fundy

Michelle Lyn Buffie, Psychology

ADVISOR: Douglas Nangle, Professor of Psychology

DISSERTATION: Self-Regulation, Emotion Regulation, and Social Problem-Solving: Common and Distinct Pathways to Depression

Cong Chen, Forest Resources

ADVISOR: Douglas Gardner, Professor of Sustainable Materials Technology

DISSERTATION: Development of Food Packaging Films Based on Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs)

Aaron J. Chesler, ♦ Earth and Climate Sciences

CO-ADVISORS: Karl Kreutz, Professor and Director of Earth and Climate Sciences; Aaron Putnam, Associate Professor School of Earth and Climate Sciences

DISSERTATION: Holocene and Last Glacial Period Atmospheric Dynamics and Biogeochemistry Based on South Pole Ice Core Microparticle and Trace Element Records

Mitchell Paul Chesley, Interdisciplinary Studies

ADVISOR: Michael Mason, Professor of Chemical Engineering

DISSERTATION: The Influence of Processing and Additives on Cellulose Nanofiber Properties for Orthopedic Application

Ming-Tso Chien, ♦ Education

CO-ADVISORS: Timothy Reagan, Professor of Foreign Language Education; Susan BennettArmistead, Associate Professor of Literacy

DISSERTATION: Identity and Language Socialization of Asian Transnational Adolescents Across Communities of Practice: A Critical Narrative Study